What is cnt file? How to open cnt files?

The *.cnt files are help files used by Windows and contain topics relevant to a certain Help document. They may have been created by Microsoft Help Workshop, a program for developing help documentation.

Also There is a known security issue with .cnt files that allows them to be exploited, causing a stack-based buffer overflow, which can be used to run malicious codes Its is imperative that you do not open unknown .cnt files.

The default software associated to cnt file type:

Microsoft Windows Help is used to create help files for Microsoft Windows operating system and other Microsoft applications. Windows Help SDKs are different for every version of Windows it can be called Windows Help, Help and Support Center, Assistance Platform 1.0 Client - Windows Vista Help SDK, Microsoft Windows: HTML Help 1.4 etc.

Microsoft Windows is a family of operating systems developed by the Microsoft Corp.. The first Windows was released in 1985 as a GUI add-on to MS-DOS. MS-DOS based Windows versions were developed to 2000, when was released the last version called Windows ME. Windows based on NT core started in 1993. Windows NT family are developed to these days, the latest version is called Windows 10.

Help how to open CNT files:

Use WinHelp or RoboHelp to work with the *.cnt files.

How to convert file with extension CNT:

Adobe RoboHelp is may be able to export *.cnt files to other file formats.

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Microsoft Windows:

Unspecified and all other actions for computer programs working with cnt file - Help Contents file

Click on the software link for more information about Microsoft Windows Help. Microsoft Windows Help uses cnt file type for its internal purposes and/or also by different way than common edit or open file actions (eg. to install/execute/support an application itself, to store application or user data, configure program etc.).

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